General
Information
The
Biak Numfor Regency is rich with historical and natural beauty
offering you white sandy beaches with crystal clear water,
coral reef to relax and rest. Biak`s unsploit coconut fringed
shores as well as other island together make a tropical
paradise, second to none in the world. This regency occupies a
very strategic and important position being located between
134,47` to 136, east longitude and 0, 55` to 30 south
latitude. It owns three big Islands and 66 small ones . In the
north and east , it borders with Yapen strait, and in the West
it borders with Woniai strait

Population
It
si devided in to 8 districs,7 subdistric and 153 villages, has
population 106,934 peoples.

Weather
The
temperature is generally hot. Lights rain fall 189-399 mm per
month between 22-29 days, which occurs a lot during the month
of January to June, where the dry season between July to
November.

Flora
There
are numerous types of flora in this tropical area with it`s
mystical tropical rain forest . The forest also has a variety
trees and another commercials important species plus the lush
vegetation of mangrove swamps

Fauna

The
fauna is similiar with Australia fauna such as the group of
fowl like pigeon, cockatoo, nuri (a kind of parrot) and the
reptile group such as snake, turtle and monitor lizard.